Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, Johnny Mack with your daily
Speaker 1: comedy news. Tom Sigor is beginning to promote his new
Speaker 1: Netflix series Bad Thoughts, and he tells Variety Bad Thoughts
Speaker 1: as everything, prosthetic, genials can join, twins, deep fakes, and
Speaker 1: one horrified Peruvian mother. Sigora said, we had to watch
Speaker 1: a few episodes at a private screening room with hidden cameras.
Speaker 1: She told me, give the money back. You can't air this.
Speaker 1: I'll never see my friends again. Bad Thoughts is six episodes.
Speaker 1: It starts May thirteenth, and it's described as grotesque, stylized,
Speaker 1: and brazenly absurd. Variety describes it as black mirror by
Speaker 1: way of David Cronenberg, if Cronenberg were tripping on mushrooms.
Speaker 1: Sgora tells Variety, I always wanted to make movies, and
Speaker 1: this felt like the first step. I'm trying to be
Speaker 1: Jordan Peel with penises. It's interesting how this came together.
Speaker 1: It started as a few short films that Sigora wrote
Speaker 1: between tour stops. He pitched them to a director, They
Speaker 1: did an eleven day shooting. Then they had enough material
Speaker 1: to convince Netflix to order the full series. Tom said,
Speaker 1: I told my wife what we were filming, and she goes,
Speaker 1: I've non here for twenty years and these have been
Speaker 1: in your head the whole time. The show was produced
Speaker 1: while Tom Sigora's wife, Christina Pozitski, was battling cancer. Tom
Speaker 1: said she was diagnosed in June last year. I told
Speaker 1: her I'd pause production. She said, no, go make your show.
Speaker 1: She was home recovering surgery while I was in full
Speaker 1: prosthetics acting like a sex crazed mutant. The only note
Speaker 1: they got from Netflix involved the N word. He also
Speaker 1: says in South Korea they may have to blur some
Speaker 1: of the penis shots. Apparently, if it looks too human,
Speaker 1: it's a no go. Brian Cranston almost joined, but Tom
Speaker 1: says he liked the script, but he didn't work out.
Speaker 1: So I just played the part of myself. That's show bizy,
Speaker 1: you know. Tom Sagora, Brian Cranston. Bad Thoughts will also
Speaker 1: compete at the Emmys for Outstanding Short Film, Comedy, Drama
Speaker 1: or Variety Program. Bad Thoughts on Netflix May thirteenth, and
Speaker 1: it's May already not too far away. This weekend, the
Speaker 1: Mark Twain Prize Conan O'Brien remember that was the thing
Speaker 1: that happened. Well, they released a trailer and it's really strong.
Speaker 1: Let's listen. Thank you all for coming, and shame on
Speaker 1: you for being here. Conan was like, don't be cynical,
Speaker 1: and then collected fifty million dollars. You are the richest
Speaker 1: underdog in this town. Can you prove that? Not only
Speaker 1: can you meet your heroes, but when you do, he'll
Speaker 1: flirt with your mom. Look, I know this is your knight,
Speaker 1: but you look like an idiot right now. You just
Speaker 1: look at him. You know, the poor bastard never had
Speaker 1: a chance. I'm a comedian because of you. So after
Speaker 1: this you'll be facetiming my parents to apologize. We have
Speaker 1: five wings here, each hotter than the last. Oh, this
Speaker 1: one really saw Yeah, he introduced us to a bear
Speaker 1: who masturbated through a nightmare. History will show this will
Speaker 1: have been the most intertaining gathering of the resistance ever.
Speaker 1: Dam me. David Letterman is still alive today. At four Eastern,
Speaker 1: Pete Davidson takes over the axe Instagram paid which Pete
Speaker 1: will host an Axe Me Anything. I see what you
Speaker 1: did there? It is a Reddit style ask me Anything.
Speaker 1: This one focused on confidence and Underdog wins. Pete is
Speaker 1: also headlining a commercial four acts. It is called short Kings.
Speaker 1: In the commercial, Pete Davidson gives a pep talk to
Speaker 1: a young man insecure about a relationship before spritzing him
Speaker 1: with his favorite axe sent Pete commented on dating apps,
Speaker 1: He's like, it's just like no, yes, no, it's so rude,
Speaker 1: like you don't even know the person you know. So
Speaker 1: I really feel bad for this crop of people because
Speaker 1: I have anxiety, and when I grew up was just
Speaker 1: flip phones. It was pretty awesome. But the kids today,
Speaker 1: I don't even have a shot. So I just hope
Speaker 1: it changes and other people revert backwards a little bit.
Speaker 1: Since Pete is out hawking deodorant, he was asked about
Speaker 1: deodoran and said, I mean in high school, Axe was
Speaker 1: a shower. I went to an all boys school and
Speaker 1: it could be awkward when you're using the gym, and
Speaker 1: showering in a school when you're growing up could be tough.
Speaker 1: So I always had axe and was just spray it
Speaker 1: all over and then shower when I got home. Reminds
Speaker 1: me of growing up and playing basketball outside and having
Speaker 1: a normal life. My fragrance was Phoenix. It's the blue one.
Speaker 1: I just remember vividly going to CVS with my mom
Speaker 1: every two to three weeks and getting new bottles. I
Speaker 1: hate to say this, but it's kind of how like
Speaker 1: prime sports drinks are now. Where you collected it was
Speaker 1: cool to have like four of them on your dresser.
Speaker 1: There was just something reassuring about it, and you knew
Speaker 1: that even if you smelled like crap, you'll be fine
Speaker 1: if you have it. So it really brings me back
Speaker 1: to my childhood. Don't miss the Axe Me anything. Today
Speaker 1: at four, Jordan Klepper will do another special for The
Speaker 1: Daily Show, this one with the really complicated title The
Speaker 1: Daily Show Presents Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse Maga the
Speaker 1: Next Generation. Yes there are three colons in that title.
Speaker 1: In The Daily Show Presents Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse
Speaker 1: Maga the Next Generation. Jordan Klepper will dive into the
Speaker 1: pocket of young voters who turned out for Trump during
Speaker 1: the election. Klepper's travels take him everywhere from college campuses
Speaker 1: to MMA octagons. It is Jordan Clepper's sixth Daily Show
Speaker 1: branded special. So you might be saying, well, why don't
Speaker 1: they just give the Daily Show to Clupper and you
Speaker 1: are reminded. Oh yeah, remember he hosted the Opposition with
Speaker 1: Jordan Klepper, which was in the post Daily Show spot
Speaker 1: at one point. So I don't know if he'll get
Speaker 1: another at bath there anyway. Clipper's Mega the Next Generation
Speaker 1: special Monday May nineteenth, eleven thirty pm on Comedy Central
Speaker 1: will be on Paramount Plus and The Daily Show YouTube
Speaker 1: channel the next day. The Lost Culturista's Awards are getting
Speaker 1: more serious this year. They'll be on Bravo. These are
Speaker 1: the awards given out by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
Speaker 1: The Lost Culturista's Culture Awards recognized culture's most iconic and
Speaker 1: consequential moments of the year through musical performances, special guests,
Speaker 1: and over one hundred award categories. The awards will be
Speaker 1: taped in La July seventeenth, will air on Bravo August fifth,
Speaker 1: I will stream the next day on Peacock. This next
Speaker 1: story is just fascinating. Dave Thomas from Second City Television
Speaker 1: remember him now stay with me here. He says that
Speaker 1: a close call with death in twenty twenty affected his worldview.
Speaker 1: He told the Canadian press, I had sepsis and my
Speaker 1: arms and legs were twice their size. I was in
Speaker 1: the hospital, I was actually in hospice, and I thought
Speaker 1: I was basically done. I look back in my life
Speaker 1: at that time and I thought, you know what, I've
Speaker 1: got no regrets. I had a good run. But he
Speaker 1: got out and thought, what am I going to do
Speaker 1: with the rest of my life? He is seventy five
Speaker 1: years old. How do I put some meaning into this
Speaker 1: life before I kick the bucket? So he has headed
Speaker 1: off to Ukraine. He's creating a video campaign for the
Speaker 1: Ukrainian Freedom Fund, a Key based US registered charity run
Speaker 1: by one of his friends. The Ukrainian Freedom Fund aims
Speaker 1: to provide non lethal equipment to outgun Ukrainian forces. Now
Speaker 1: I love this paragraph from the Canadian press. I'm going
Speaker 1: to read it verbatim deliberately because I can't believe they
Speaker 1: put this all in the one paragraph. Okay, you ready quote.
Speaker 1: I looked at the situation the Ukraine and I thought, well,
Speaker 1: this is terrible and I should try to help, says Thomas,
Speaker 1: whose credits include nineteen ninety three's Coneheads, the two thousand
Speaker 1: and one film Orre at Race, and ninety sitcom Grace
Speaker 1: under Fire. Why did you have to put his credits there? Anyway?
Speaker 1: Dave says this might sound cornery, but I hope in
Speaker 1: some small way what I do might help raise money
Speaker 1: that I'll least suffering, maybe remind people that one person
Speaker 1: can make a difference if you decide to. You can't
Speaker 1: make a difference if you try. Let's stop off on
Speaker 1: Gossip Corner. This from Entertainment Weekly. I'm not sure. Chloe
Speaker 1: Feiyeman realizes what words came out of her mouth. Okay,
Speaker 1: there's a TikTok video. Chloe Fineman says she was scolded
Speaker 1: by a rude restaurant manager in New York while exchanging
Speaker 1: pleasantries with Demi Moore and to me's dog, pe Laff.
Speaker 1: Fineman says she walked into an Italian restaurant on Madison Avenue.
Speaker 1: A server led to them the table right away. Fineman explains,
Speaker 1: there's several empty tables and I sat down. Then I
Speaker 1: look up and there's the dog and Demi Moore and
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, hi, we met once or twice,
Speaker 1: and I've held Peeloff because Peloff was backstage at an
Speaker 1: SNL show. Fineman's sister says, and she said hi back. Also,
Speaker 1: Chloe continues, the manager sees me, I don't know, maybe
Speaker 1: I had no makeup on. Did I not look legitimate
Speaker 1: enough for this empty room at the restaurant? And the
Speaker 1: guy's like, what are you doing here? Come with me?
Speaker 1: And I guess I didn't realize you had to talk
Speaker 1: to another Italian guy to get a seat, even though
Speaker 1: there's like a thousand empty tables. It's very confused. And
Speaker 1: here's the part where I think she doesn't realize what
Speaker 1: words came out of her mouth. Chloe Feineman said, I
Speaker 1: was a calm down. I'm not nobody. I'm on SNL. Dude,
Speaker 1: calm down. Just because you're on SNL, you're not in
Speaker 1: some extra tier. Chloe says. He was like, I don't
Speaker 1: care who you are. I treat everybody the same. Yes,
Speaker 1: good job, mister restaurant guy. I don't care that you're
Speaker 1: on SNL. We have rules here at the restaurant. Follow
Speaker 1: the rules. You can be on SNL all you want.
Speaker 1: You don't get special class. Fineman recalled, and I was like,
Speaker 1: you're being rude, and he's like, you're being rude anyway.
Speaker 1: I don't want to get into details. Well, let's say
Speaker 1: a personality of mine started to come up that I
Speaker 1: don't love. I took myself out of the situation. You
Speaker 1: could call it a caring moment. I also call it
Speaker 1: living in New York and everyone is rude as f
Speaker 1: somebody sounds a little entitled, but I wasn't there. I
Speaker 1: don't know. And in Philly, where people are even more
Speaker 1: friendly than they are in New York. It's Variety Pack,
Speaker 1: a two weekend festival of Philadelphia's weirdest all to comedy acts,
Speaker 1: not just stand up, not just improv, not just sketch,
Speaker 1: little bit of everything. It kicks off tonight through the
Speaker 1: third and then again May eighth through the tenth at
Speaker 1: the Drake Theater. Producer Chaz Martin says, Philly is full
Speaker 1: of weirdos. We have incredible stand ups, brilliant improv in
Speaker 1: an emerging sketch comedy scene, but there's been a void
Speaker 1: when it comes to truly wild, out of the box comedy.
Speaker 1: That space used to belong to the beloved Good Good Comedy,
Speaker 1: which closed in twenty twenty. Variety Pack is here to
Speaker 1: bring that spirit back. If you like your comedy weird
Speaker 1: and unpredictable. This festival is for you. It kicks off
Speaker 1: tonight with Have You Seen My House? A Whirlwind cabaret
Speaker 1: featuring the songs of Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton
Speaker 1: and Moore. Other shows this week and include Cartoon Club,
Speaker 1: The Entire Effing Twilight Saga in sixty Minutes and clip Show,
Speaker 1: a live comedy show hosted by character actresses are Eric
Speaker 1: Thomas and Chris Newcomer. And yesterday I promised I'd finish
Speaker 1: off that John Clees article. He spoke with the Hollywood Reporter.
Speaker 1: They were curious about the pythons fighting. They've seemed to
Speaker 1: always be fighting, and John said, if you look at
Speaker 1: the history of most groups, you'll find there's always quarrels
Speaker 1: at some I think we've done quite well. What people
Speaker 1: often don't understand about a team is that a team
Speaker 1: is not composed of all people who do the same
Speaker 1: things well. It's a group of people who do different
Speaker 1: things well. Terry Gilliam, at an early stage, decided he
Speaker 1: just wanted to direct movies. Eric Iidel didn't really come
Speaker 1: forward until the nineteen eighty three is in the Meaning
Speaker 1: of Life. Because Eric is very, very strong on music,
Speaker 1: and particularly on lyrics. Michael Palin, who always loved travel,
Speaker 1: did some travel programs. Terry Jones did all sorts of things.
Speaker 1: Graham Chapman was two people. Really. He was Chapman sober,
Speaker 1: who was an extraordinary good writer and a really fine actor,
Speaker 1: and Chapman drunk, who wasn't awfully good in anything and
Speaker 1: couldn't remember his lines. Whereas I like comedy and I
Speaker 1: very much enjoy simple pleasure making audiences laugh, very different people,
Speaker 1: so inevitably, as we get older and become slightly more authentic,
Speaker 1: we go in different directions. And that's your comedy news
Speaker 1: for today. See tomorrow